SuperFriends vs Legion of Doom , What Happened?

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Growing up as a kid one cartoon really grabbed my imagination and that was "Challenge of the SuperFriends". Great cartoon that pitted major DC Comics heroes vs The Legion of Doom. BUT WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT WAS THE RESULT. DID SOME DIE ? BAD GUYS IN JAIL? WHO WON? MANY COOL CHARACTERS - Apache Chief,Grog,Black Manta with that cool voice. So here is your chance to think how this matchup ended.

Superman
Wonder Woman
Batman
Robin
Aquaman
Green Lantern
Flash
Hackman
Black Vulcan
Samurai
Apache Chief



Lex Luthor
Cheetah
Solomon Grundy
Grog
Toyman
Giganta
Riddler
Captain Cold
Sinestro
Scarecrow
Brainiac
Black Manta
Bizarro

 

[Runwildboys]

Growing up as a kid one cartoon really grabbed my imagination and that was "Challenge of the SuperFriends". Great cartoon that pitted major DC Comics heroes vs The Legion of Doom. BUT WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT WAS THE RESULT. DID SOME DIE ? BAD GUYS IN JAIL? WHO WON? MANY COOL CHARACTERS - Apache Chief,Grog,Black Manta with that cool voice. So here is your chance to think how this matchup ended.

Superman
Wonder Woman
Batman
Robin
Aquaman
Green Lantern
Flash
Hackman
Black Vulcan
Samurai
Apache Chief



Lex Luthor
Cheetah
Solomon Grundy
Grog
Toyman
Giganta
Riddler
Captain Cold
Sinestro
Scarecrow
Brainiac
Black Manta
Bizarro

The MCU came in and took over the world.

 

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Hey...where are the wonder twins?

" wonder twin powers..activated !! ...

 

[Runwildboys]

Hey...where are the wonder twins?

" wonder twin powers..activated !! ...

"Shape of...an old couple dancing!"

 

[timb2]

I think Apache Chief went to another series

 

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No doubt challenge of the super friends was definitely very popular among Saturday morning viewers and superhero fans back in da day.

The legion of doom brought a different more appealing element to the Super friend spectrum.
Though it didn't evolve or expand into further
better horizons when we had to endure sorry moments such as the " Super Friends Power Hour "... lol ....

 

[DallasEast]

I was 13 at the time and will say now what I said back then. Challenge of the Super Friends was only a slight upgrade over the Super Friends series, which was insult to children watching Saturday morning cartoons. Just woefully uninspired entertainment demeaning to young minds.

Yes. Children are children but children are not stupid either, especially kids (like myself) who read the comics that the various series were loosely based upon. I repeatedly told MY children in the 90's they were SO lucky to watch a show like X-Men on their Saturday mornings. Sure, the series was not as mature as what was in the comics but it was not DUMBED DOWN to barely preschool level for them either.

Just ranting. Mentioning Super Friends sometimes triggers not-so-pleasant memories of Saturday morning entertainment from my youth. Please. No one mention The Smurfs . Family Guy's parody of the show's lead-in was one of the best satisfying laughs I have ever had when I first saw it. It still is.

 

[DallasEast]

Hey...where are the wonder twins?

" wonder twin powers..activated !! ...

There were countless times I wanted to boil Zan in a pot.

Did anyone else watch the Saturday morning announcement shows that happened before a new season began? I kinda remember seeing the one that previewed a new set of twins replacing Wendy and Marvin and thinking they were finally getting rid of Fred and Daphne. haha. Joke's on me. If I had any say, I would have erased Zan and Gleek and kept Zayna. Her power was useful at least.

 

[VaqueroTD]

I think Warner Bros was planning to do something like this for their DC superhero franchise of films. There is an end credit scene in Batman vs Superman or Justice League (Can’t remember which one) that sort of lines it up as a possibility. Didn’t make enough $$, bad reviews, Zack Snyder, bad imitation of Marvel… whatever it was that made them pull the plug on it, it’s probably long gone now.

 

[DallasEast]

I think Warner Bros was planning to do something like this for their DC superhero franchise of films. There is an end credit scene in Batman vs Superman or Justice League (Can’t remember which one) that sort of lines it up as a possibility. Didn’t make enough $$, bad reviews, Zack Snyder, bad imitation of Marvel… whatever it was that made them pull the plug on it, it’s probably long gone now.

You are referring to the final end credit scene in 2017's trashy Justice League. If you have HBO Max, I would suggest re-watching the 3:40 through 3:44 mark of Zack Snyder's (in my opinion masterpiece) 2021 director's cut of the same movie. The assumption is still valid. And it does somewhat fit with the direction of the DCEU's Darkseid plotline that it will take more than heroes to save Earth.

 

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There were countless times I wanted to boil Zan in a pot.

Did anyone else watch the Saturday morning announcement shows that happened before a new season began? I kinda remember seeing the one that previewed a new set of twins replacing Wendy and Marvin and thinking they were finally getting rid of Fred and Daphne. haha. Joke's on me. If I had any say, I would have erased Zan and Gleek and kept Zayna. Her power was useful at least.

frankly the Wonder Twins appearances was one of the reasons why Legion of Doom was a whole lot better than Super Friends
as they were a ton more interesting than " Fred and Daphne " .characters

(thanks i couldn't even remember their names as they and that mutt- dog was so very booring ... lol )

And the villians in Super Friends could not come close to comparing to what Legion of Doom ( i almost said " Boom" ) brought to the ABC's Super Friends/Justice League cartoon
franchise series .. not to mention the new " addition " of JL members such as Black Vulcan, Apache Chief, Hawk man, Samurai ..even Flash and Green Lantern
who i cannot recall at all in Super Friends.

In fact it can be debated that it was the Challenge of the Super Friends (not original Super Friends) that spun the WB's launch of Legion of Doom- a series that also
put much more light (and appeal) on the arch villains of the Justice League of America

Now here's the bigger twist ...it can also be debated that some of the Marvel's characters .... were spun off from the DC's characters.
Dunno how it never became copyright legal battle.

Namor the Submariner - from Aquaman

Hawkeye -from Green Arrow -

Quicksilver - from the Flash

Vision - from Martian Manhunter

Gladiator (Imperial Guards) - from Superman

Blizzard - from Mr. Freeze

Man Thing - from Swamp Thing

Orca - from Black Manta

Tigra - from Cheetah

Black Widow - from Catwoman

 

[quickccc]

Hey...where are the wonder twins?

" wonder twin powers..activated !! ...

 

[quickccc]

I was 13 at the time and will say now what I said back then. Challenge of the Super Friends was only a slight upgrade over the Super Friends series, which was insult to children watching Saturday morning cartoons. Just woefully uninspired entertainment demeaning to young minds.

Yes. Children are children but children are not stupid either, especially kids (like myself) who read the comics that the various series were loosely based upon. I repeatedly told MY children in the 90's they were SO lucky to watch a show like X-Men on their Saturday mornings. Sure, the series was not as mature as what was in the comics but it was not DUMBED DOWN to barely preschool level for them either.

Just ranting. Mentioning Super Friends sometimes triggers not-so-pleasant memories of Saturday morning entertainment from my youth. Please. No one mention The Smurfs . Family Guy's parody of the show's lead-in was one of the best satisfying laughs I have ever had when I first saw it. It still is.

i won't mention Smurfs ... if you won't mention Scooby Doo ....

 

[quickccc]

Growing up as a kid one cartoon really grabbed my imagination and that was "Challenge of the SuperFriends". Great cartoon that pitted major DC Comics heroes vs The Legion of Doom. BUT WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT WAS THE RESULT. DID SOME DIE ? BAD GUYS IN JAIL? WHO WON? MANY COOL CHARACTERS - Apache Chief,Grog,Black Manta with that cool voice. So here is your chance to think how this matchup ended.

Superman
Wonder Woman
Batman
Robin
Aquaman
Green Lantern
Flash
Hackman
Black Vulcan
Samurai
Apache Chief



Lex Luthor
Cheetah
Solomon Grundy
Grog
Toyman
Giganta
Riddler
Captain Cold
Sinestro
Scarecrow
Brainiac
Black Manta
Bizarro

VS ...

 

[quickccc]

Growing up as a kid one cartoon really grabbed my imagination and that was "Challenge of the SuperFriends". Great cartoon that pitted major DC Comics heroes vs The Legion of Doom. BUT WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT WAS THE RESULT. DID SOME DIE ? BAD GUYS IN JAIL? WHO WON? MANY COOL CHARACTERS - Apache Chief,Grog,Black Manta with that cool voice. So here is your chance to think how this matchup ended.

Superman
Wonder Woman
Batman
Robin
Aquaman
Green Lantern
Flash
Hackman
Black Vulcan
Samurai
Apache Chief



Lex Luthor
Cheetah
Solomon Grundy
Grog
Toyman
Giganta
Riddler
Captain Cold
Sinestro
Scarecrow
Brainiac
Black Manta
Bizarro

i wonder why it only lasted one year ( Legion of Doom/Challenge of the Super Friends)

 

[DallasEast]

i won't mention Smurfs ... if you won't mention Scooby Doo ....

Scooby Doo is, hands down, my wife's FAVORITE cartoon. And my lifetime torture because she loves watching it when I am in the same room with her.

 

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Scooby Doo is, hands down, my wife's FAVORITE cartoon. And my lifetime torture because she loves watching it when I am in the same room with her.

lol ... then she probably loves Scrappy Doo as well. i keep forgetting what relationship was Scrappy to Scooby ... son ? ....nephew ..?

at least i could understand what da hell Scrappy was saying .. but i could never do so with Scooby .. all i can hear and understand from his mouth was " Shaggy "

only thing i liked about Scooby is the cool 70's hippy songs played while the final Ghost chase went on And why do all the villains say the very same thing after they get caught in the end .?
" and i would've gotten away with it too.. if it wasn't for those blasted kids ..!!"

 

[Runwildboys]

lol ... then she probably loves Scrappy Doo as well. i keep forgetting what relationship was Scrappy to Scooby ... son ? ....nephew ..?

at least i could understand what da hell Scrappy was saying .. but i could never do so with Scooby .. all i can hear and understand from his mouth was " Shaggy "

only thing i liked about Scooby is the cool 70's hippy songs played while the final Ghost chase went on And why do all the villains say the very same thing after they get caught in the end .?
" and i would've gotten away with it too.. if it wasn't for those blasted kids ..!!"

"meddling kids"

 

[DallasEast]

lol ... then she probably loves Scrappy Doo as well. i keep forgetting what relationship was Scrappy to Scooby ... son ? ....nephew ..?

at least i could understand what da hell Scrappy was saying .. but i could never do so with Scooby .. all i can hear and understand from his mouth was " Shaggy "

only thing i liked about Scooby is the cool 70's hippy songs played while the final Ghost chase went on And why do all the villains say the very same thing after they get caught in the end .?
" and i would've gotten away with it too.. if it wasn't for those blasted kids ..!!"

lol. Oddly enough, she hates Scrappy Doo.

 

[Runwildboys]

lol. Oddly enough, she hates Scrappy Doo.

There's nothing odd about that.